The Storms of Life "Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd" (Matt. 14:22) We can be smack in the center of God’s will and still go through terrible storms. Christ loved the disciples with all His heart, yet He"made" them get into the boat when He knew a storm was coming. They were exactly where they were supposed to be and still experienced frightening turbulence. Can you relate to the disciples? Have you experienced a time when you knew you werewhere God wanted you to be, but the storms were overwhelming? Not all the storms in life result from either sin or warfare. Some occur like clockwork to purposely rock our boats. However, if Christ has appointed our place in the storm, you canbe sure He purposes a show. But, we must belooking past our own boat to see Him. One of my family’s worst storms occurred when Michael, the child we raised for seven years, left our home to return to his birth mother. We received countless cards and letters which were a great comfort to us. Many of them attributed our loss to Satan andour storm to spiritual warfare. We understood the assumption because it was clearly the easiest explanation - albeit not necessarily an accurate one. I am so thankful God was clear in His messageto us during those days. We knew without a shadow of a doubt that Michael’s return to hisbirth mother was the expressed will of God. We had no idea why nor do we have any answers now, but we were certain God was directing the events. Christ calls us to walk by faith through our storms. It seems like a big requirement until we realize Christ does far more than that - He walks on the water during our storms. God has placed all things under Christ’s feet - including the waves that break relentlessly against us. He is in charge. He is right there. Please don’t miss an important element in this story: Christ walked on the water before He calmed the storm. If He had simply calmed thestorm, the disciples would have missed His majesty. And what a shame. His majesty was the whole point. Before he will calm the storm, he also need you to find him @ d midest of the storm. Jesus is coming soon repent, jesus loves you. Good morning @ all......
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 06:07:47 +0000
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